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Lunchtime Deal: 40% Off Photo Poster Prints

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12:00PM Today | Alex Kidman

Harvey Norman’s doing a deal on its Photo prints (and photo books), chopping 40% off the asking price. It’s not really sensible for most folks to keep a photo-quality A3 (or larger) printer handy for those few times that you want a large photo shot, so this could be a good money saving deal. [Harvey Norman]


Software

App Deals Of The Day: iPhone, iPad, Android, WP7

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11:00AM Today | Elly Hart

EA is having a massive Valentine’s Day sale, with up to 85 per cent off popular games like Battleship, The Sims and more. Plus, Newspapers for half price on iPad, Delayed Lock for just 99c on Android, CleverToDo discounted on Windows Phone 7, plus lots more in today’s app deals roundup. More »


Cameras

Why Kodak’s Passing Makes Me Sad

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11:00AM Today | Alex Kidman

The news that Kodak is pulling out of the hardware market — excepting printers — for good means that, effectively, Kodak is dead. Is this the death knell for the compact digital? More »


Mobile

Aussie Cops Bust Hundreds Of Drivers In Mobile Sting

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9:00AM Today | Danny Allen

Do you text while driving? Despite the warnings, embarrassment and potential to rear-end someone (or worse) — about 23 per cent of NSW motorists admit to checking a text or taking a call while driving, according to 2011 research from Newspoll and insurance firm Bingle. Little wonder that NSW cops caught 796 motorists talking or texting on their phones during ‘Operation Compliance’ on Wednesday. More »


News

Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Thursday Night

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8:00AM Today | Alex Kidman

Download The Entire Pirate Bay In Just 90MB Arr! Bits of eight!

Glimpse Your Future As An Elderly Curmudgeon Glimpse? Future? Bah!

Broke Kodak Will Halt Camera Production Sad days. My first compact digital was a Kodak.

Do Apple Users Care Enough To Protest Chinese Working Conditions? Would you give up your iGadgets?

Fear The Deer — Nature’s Unstoppable Killing Machines I’d like to say that I never trusted Bambi.


Geek Out

Whitenoise: Gizmodo Community Talkback

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7:45AM Today | Logan Booker

Welcome to Whitenoise, where you can come to talk about anything you want with other Gizmodo readers. How did January treat you? Heck, can you believe it’s February already? Come share with your fellow readers. More »


Computing

Rumourmodo: iPad 3 Event Early March?

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6:45AM Today | Alex Kidman

You know how it goes… rumour sites get an idea, somebody cryptically “confirms” it, and suddenly it’s set in stone. Today’s rumour du jour? Apple will launch the iPad 3 in early March. More »


Science

Qantas A380 Grounding Reflects “Teething Problems”

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5:15PM Yesterday | Angus Kidman

Qantas’ grounding of one A380 aircraft and Airbus’ subsequent plans to check all flying A380s might have made some flyers nervous, but one Australian expert says the move reflects “teething problems” and shouldn’t stress travellers. More »


Science

NASA’s Concept Planes Of The Future: Gallery

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4:00PM Yesterday | Alex Kidman

Fuel efficiency, noise reduction and looking like they could hide Batman are obviously high on NASA’s priority list. More »


Entertainment

Billy Connolly Is The Newest Hobbit Cast Member

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2:15PM Yesterday | Alex Kidman

Billy Connolly is many things. A great Scottish comedian. A man not afraid to get his kit off, even when asked not to. Now, he can add “mighty dwarven warrior” to that list, as he’s just been confirmed in the role of Dain Ironfoot in The Hobbit. More »